Courteney Cox's election party

06-11-2008 06:00

Courteney Cox threw a party to celebrate Barack Obama's success in the American presidential election on Tuesday night (04.11.08).

The 'Friends' actress and her husband David Arquette held the bash at their Beverly Hills home, and a host of famous faces - including Jennifer Aniston, Sacha Baron Cohen and his partner Isla Fisher - attended.

This is a motherf***ing important evening

David was so excited the democratic candidate - who has made history by becoming America's first African-American President - had won he spent the entire evening cracking open bottles of expensive Cristal champagne and ensuring his guests' glasses were always full.

A source said: "David was in such a good mood, he walked outside his gate and poured champagne for the paparazzi."

Courteney and David are not the only celebrities who were delighted to see Obama triumph.

Madonna, who was performing in California when news of his victory broke, announced: "This is a historical evening. This is a motherf***ing important evening."

A visibly emotional Oprah Winfrey watched the new president's victory speech in Chicago - along with Brad Pitt and Jesse Jackson - and revealed she was finding it hard to believe he had actually won.